Tests | Characteristics/Reactions |
Cultural media |
|
Nutrient agar | Small, circular and colourless |
MacConkey agar | Small, smooth and colourless |
Brillant green agar | Circular, pinkish, lactose-non fermenting |
Salmonella-Shigella agar | Smooth, opaque, translucent. Colourless and round with black center (varies) |
Motility |
|
Hanging drop method | Non motile |
Gram staining | Gram negative |
Cell shape | Short rod |
Colour | Pinkish |
Spore | None |
Capsule | None |